Paul Simon - Kodachrome (Official Audio)

[@topnotch99]

First memory of this song: Summer 1972 or 1973. It’s on the AM radio. I am 12 and in the backseat of my mom’s 1965 Pontiac Safari station wagon. It’s hot. It’s summer. No a/c so the windows are all down. We are crossing the Savannah River into Georgia and downtown Savannah. I can still smell the paper mills and swampy acrid smell. We are on a long drive back to Miami. No interstates. This song blew me away. I can still smell that paper mill and see that bridge in my mind when I hear this song. Everything’s going to be ok.

[@willard2729]

Well said...I have a picture in my mind and I've never been there.

[@christophers.o622]

Mark Martin that song was in the summer of 1973 during the time I used to love summer, and now I hate summer where I live at in Arizona. Iended up there because of the Clinton military base closures in California, Colorado,Florida.

[@toddroberson1663]

Very vivid memories of this song for me so well. 11 years old first noticing girls at Westwood Swim Club in Indianapolis. A girl named Lisa and i went out in the woods by the club singing this song and made out by a stream called Eagle Creek. We could hear the chorus floating out from the club loudspeaker into the woods. She let me touch her boob. In fact, I think she put my hand on her boob. Thanks Paul!

[@19boulder11]

I live in Savannah right now listening to this as I smoke a cigar on my balcony.

[@ricarleite]

THAT'S a great memory. My memory of this song sucks. It reminds me of the Coneheads movie.

[@joeyd.7428]

Be 68 Friday, this song brings back some great times, great memories.

[@suzannewolf5062]

Me too ! Hello from France😊😀

[@ishaa5948]

Happy Birthday to u both. My sister's was the next day. 🙏

[@jamesskelton2988]

@joeyd.7428 happy belated bday🎉!Ah,good times!I am 64 and have been listening to a particular Beatles song (when I'm 64)that brings back great memories,but also gives me a reality slap!It's nice to listen to this and smile😊!

[@Marms41]

I will be 68 june 28th,happy Birthday

[@davidfinnegan9162]

Keep rocking

[@thegreenbird795]

summer of 1973..fun times

[@EDee-ki1lh]

Oh YES! I was a kid. It was a fabulous time!

[@MichaelMurray-id2vj]

I'm 66years old and I still like this song

[@bobabooey7088]

No way a 66/67 year old can still like this song….shenanigans!

[@steveabdelkoui5663]

This song never gets old.

[@methodicalmysticbutterflyi2669]

Nope! The 60s, 70s, and 80s was a great time for real musicians. ❤

[@amycats4091]

Never! Freaking love this song!

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

No great song ever gets old.

[@kellymac1212]

@@steveabdelkoui5663 It's got such a perfect "giddy up" to it LOVE this song!!!

[@adamholtz733]

Best line in a song goes to this one !!!! " When I think back on all the crap I learned in High School . It's a wonder I can think at all . " Pure poetry !!!

[@sherriffwiggles4515]

😂👍🏻

[@lrkk3698]

And all the girls I knew when I was single, what a concept.

[@lioneldubinsky7553]

considering that Paul's father was a high school teacher......

[@bh9225]

Trur

[@Sefussmom]

That is the hook because everyone can relate. ❤

[@2FRESH-4U]

The older I get the more this song makes me cry

[@davidjoseph3403]

Wicked, wicked, poem. I her ya.

[@Skynyrdforever]

This song takes you back to the incredible 70's. What great times as a teenager.

[@KristNi]

Takes me back to 1980s. I wasn't born in the 1970s

[@Evsta]

@@KristNi Takes me back to around 1862. I listened to Paul Simon a lot during the civil war. Helped me get through the pain when I had to amputate all 5 of my arms and my 2 dicks

[@amayz111]

I’m 17, this is such a wholesome song I only just found Paul Simon and i think ill stay around for a while

[@HighOnTheSound]

The album “Graceland” is a masterpiece

[@johnmeegan-w8o]

you should sing mama dont take my iphone

[@mbrow]

So glad you have discovered PS's music! Paul was in a duo, Simon and Garfunkel, prior to going solo. Make sure to check them out because they had some iconic hits as well.

[@sydneydesimone6323]

I discovered Simon&Garfunkel when I was a Junior in high school and fell in love - haven’t left since. I teach music now to kids in high school and talk about Paul Simon all the time 😂 it comes full circle. They’re the best! Stick around!!

[@kristinfrederick6867]

Welcome! Pull up a chair, stay a while, and enjoy the tunes. 😎

[@bigdonnydeee8696]

I’m 23, and I’m hoping that my generation and the generation after ours never forgets this incredible display of music.

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

I agree. These are The Founding Fathers and Mothers of Rock.

[@alpaca1775]

Ew

[@mattycooldude6462]

I’m 23 also and I love this classic music as well, and I was born in 1998.

[@willyjames8300]

@@mattycooldude6462 Listen to Graceland and Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes. Album of the year 1987. Then read how and WHO he recorded it with.

[@lawrenceaisingioro8045]

Never❤

[@jessicatabler7272]

My Dad use to put my sister and I on his feet and dance with us when this song came on!! Miss him so much!!

[@The.EatMe.BeatMe.Lady.920]

@@jessicatabler7272 my uncle's used to do this .. I'd completely forgotten about this! Thank you i

[@michaellyngefrancker4116]

Aw ❤

[@AyeCarumba221]

I’ll always have a very special association with this song. In about 1973 there was a store in Berkeley called Pacific Stereo. As a thirteen-year-old, I would go down there and drool at of of the wonderful electronic goodies. One day a salesman popped Kodachrome into a really nice system, and cranked it. It was as if I saw God for the first time. I had never known music with this high of fidelity and crispness. It felt like Paul Simon was there playing in the same room with me. Hearing this song always brings that moment right back to me. Even 48 years later.What brought me here today is an interview with the guy who was the drummer on this track, and he tells the story of working at the Muscle Shoals studio and what they had to do to get this exact sound of the drummer. It just gives me a whole new appreciation of this song and the musicians behind it.

[@jbuchana]

I have a similar memory of hearing Rainbow's "The Gates of Babylon" on a good set of headphones. Magic. Every time I hear that song, it takes me back.

[@billhorstkamp98]

I remember Pacific stereo. There was a few of them in the bay area. Yeah where did the time go man

[@Jay-gy5hs]

We had Pacific Stereo in Ft Worth, Tx. I loved that store!

[@MrAlleghany]

When the world gets me down this song never fails to cheer me up.

[@cynthiaakin8345]

It does make you happy doesn't it 😊

[@gregbanish9255]

yes ... everything does look worse in black and white

[@johnlamotta7066]

Yesssdd

[@ackomanah6486]

In Kodachrome photos

[@alonsogarcia3593]

Me too 😂

[@anthonyhoey6394]

I've converted my kids to some of the old stuff like Paul Simon,the stones,James Taylor,Crosby Stills and Nash etc,I know one day they will be greatful for this,all the greats are passing on,rip David Crosby.Greetings from Ireland .

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Awesome!👍 Great music!😉💕 Greetings from Chicago IL USA!🥰

[@DavidPisa-o6t]

I'll never forget the day my 5 year old ran up to me all kinds of excited about a new band he just discovered that I just had to hear.....The Beatles.

[@chadwickhodulik2311]

Have to play this song LOUD.... Very Very LOUD...💙💙👍👍

[@cindycain1959]

Yep, some songs just have to be turned up! That's probably the reason I'm partially deaf now.

[@jaydemo5792]

@@cindycain1959 That makes 2 of us.... LOL... Between attending every concert that I possibly could here in New York City & listening to my album collection which consisted of led Zeppelin Black Sabbath deep purple Pink Floyd etc on volume 10 with custom full ear headphones , I guess it's really no wonder we are close to being deaf...

[@edwardpasby5051]

One of the best songs of the 70's. Practically everything Paul Simon has done is excellent

[@luckpenn5780]

Edward Pasby

[@nataliemanda1036]

I agree, I struggle to find fault with his songs.

[@patriciadavies5651]

Did Simon stop and add silences to it in the 70's? It sounded different...

[@lloydkline7245]

Edward Pasby love paul Simon

[@rubyblack6682]

Agreed 100% I grew up listening to him with my mom and will do the same with my kids.

[@johnhummer265]

This single alone, made Paul Simon, not only an American legend, but also an American icon,.......forever!!

[@barryallender8694]

H.S. Class of '75 and I love this song.

[@lukeawsomeness2359]

I’m 21, and Fallout got me hooked on older music.

[@michaelstein7995]

what a rollercoaster of a song. tempo changes, great lyrics, and a great voice..... and memories. Paul is a genius.

[@samanthab1923]

Beautifully produced too

[@alabhaois]

He sure is!!! 👍👍

[@jacobstoecker458]

Such a minor thing, but that piano swipe really energizes the song and it's lyrics

[@msb8013]

What tempo changes? There might be a bar or two of odd meter.

[@hmackie6823]

yeah,but for a musical genius,he has his political head up his ass

[@ralphbishop5096]

I am 76. and have been a rocker since age 13 = this is a GREAT song!

[@vincent-dd8xk]

Whoa take it easy there, POPS!!

[@ericfelds6291]

This is the best comment I’ve had the pleasure of stumbling on in all my internet wanderings. Keep rocking bro!

[@jifreed49]

you wouldn't have been here without us@TCBTT

[@elisecliftonklitz]

@TCBTT we all have Pluto in Leo, us boomers🐯

[@subwayeatfrisch]

Happy belated 77th b day!

[@vivievei6298]

I’m a black 27 year old from the hood of Detroit😭😭😂😂🤣🗣. And i fucking love this song. I guess because i loved watching coneheads and this song always had me dancing. Makes me feel euphoric!

[@arthurmorgan7642]

You see, that's what I mean. It doesn't matter where what when and how your raised, you can still have a different opinion then the majority of the people in that neighborhood listening to rap. Most stereotypes aren't true you know (I'm as white as white can physically be btw)

[@kenperk9854]

Roger Hawkins of the legendary Swampers didn't play the drums on this song. He played a cracker box! Talk about musical geniuses, the Swampers were! They didn't make a movie Called Muscle Shoals for nothing. Watch it and learn more about music history than you thought possible.

[@michaelderoche5661]

It don't matter if you are a sister roll with it!! That's what it's about!

[@G.H.O.S.T.F.I.R.E]

.....So you're black and you don't feel guilty about listening to white people sing songs. Congratulations.

[@vivievei6298]

@@arthurmorgan7642 that’s exactly what I meant lol!

[@donovanalex9751]

Today this song broke me down... My mom loved it and any time it came on and she'd turn it up, I would get mad for whatever reason. I now LOVE this song, it grew incredibly on me... especially the ending, hell, even my kids like it... and I never got the chance to tell my mom that one song that made me mad is blasted at my house and it breaks my heart. LOVE YOU MOM!!❤❤

[@The.EatMe.BeatMe.Lady.920]

You think grownups dont kno what bratty little shits they’re raising?? Honey, SHE KNOWS it was just angst. Dont let it break ur heart your heart should only FEEL like its going. To explode from all the joy and love and blessings

[@LimaWhiskey48]

It gets easier with time, she knows , she still can see you every day from heaven ❤️

[@osnat057]

My heart goes out to you so much, I know what you're talking about. And along with the pain, it's a wonderful memory!

[@TheBrentjohnston]

Nobody cares about me. 😂 I love this song.

[@captaineasychord1]

Kodachrome was one of those songs that defined the summer of 1973. I was 10 years old and all the world was a sunny day indeed whenever that song came on the radio. Bad, Bad Leeroy Brown and Shambala were also great summer ‘73 listens.

[@RandyPlotkin]

Right there with ya, captain!!

[@celebratelife865]

I wasn't born yet!

[@silicon212]

I was 4 years old at the time, and funny enough - I still remember it in vivid detail. Kinda like Kodachrome.

[@thegreenbird795]

RIP Jim Croce

[@tracyjacoby2382]

I absolutely love that first line of this song "when I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all!". God bless you Paul Simon!👍😉🥰

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

Sadly, it's really true today.

[@MrScoop156]

The 1970s were a golden cornucopia of musical goodness

[@EDee-ki1lh]

I totally agree!!

[@rubiks6]

Good photography processes, too.

[@moetimski9767]

Does anyone else think that Kodachrome is a metaphor for optimism, positivity, and seeing the beauty of life?

[@jeffbeaudoin4544]

My thoughts exactly

[@kellymac1212]

Picture perfect 😉

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

Nah, dude's just addicted to his camera. 😜

[@walmartian422]

No he’s being completely literal

[@jeffbeaudoin4544]

@ 😂 epic

[@jamesjohnson2900]

Let's not forget the amazing studio band who was backing him at Muscle Shoals. Barry Beckett on piano, David Hood on bass, etc. These guys MADE this album with their playing. Simon's work is amazing. But so much more goes into the making of a great record than just writing the songs. Vibe, engineering, studio cats who know a great feel, and get out of the way of that great song. All these things are what your hearing, but very few acknowledge them. Go take a look at some of the names of the players, then Google their names, and take a look at the hits they've recorded on. Believe me, it's not just a coincidence.

[@arlenjohnson8820]

The sign of a great musician is one who surrounds him or herself with other great musicians (and sound engineers, artists, etc). Paul Simon is therefore one of the truly greats.

[@garyfrazier5414]

Dixie Hummingbirds!

[@dsparkstbbucs]

That piano is on point!

[@kenperk9854]

David Sparks Barry Beckett, probably the greatest, most versatile keyboardist in music history. Check him out on My Little Town, Main Street, We've Got Tonight, I'll Take You There and on and on. Google him and check his Discogs rap sheet.

[@bobmoslow9554]

to back up your point...try "Late in the Evening"!

[@collinsnider4179]

One of those songs that can get stuck in your head for DAYS!

[@ohioboyfishin5939]

YEAH MAN STAY GROOVY ☮️✌️

[@virgiliovillasenor3903]

True!

[@AntonioSaucedo22]

And you welcome it.

[@lulululululululululululululul]

Exactly

[@gregm7969]

Popped into my head a few days ago for absolutely NO reason! Had to listen to it again!

[@mitchnauffts3939]

Paul Simon = one of the greatest American songwriters in the history of this great country.

[@KB-sv7fm]

This song reminds me of my older brother. He loved this song. He passed away a few years ago. He was one of those very bright students who found high school BORING. He loved the first line of this song. He once told me that he listened to this song every day. Every time I hear this song I think of him. I love it too.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

I can relate, I was one of those too, I bet he never studied either. Got beat up more than once for blowing the grading curve. May your brother rest in peace.

[@KB-sv7fm]

@@MichaelClark-uw7ex Thank you. My brother always had his head in a book. He was just years ahead of what they were teaching in high school.

[@SpeegBJ]

I hear you....I hope you have favorite photo of your brother this camera song reminds you of. My former husband was a photographer.....when this tune came out! We used to sing it outloud all the time going to photo shoots. He died a few years ago. I can't listen to the song and not love every photo he took and still have.

[@KB-sv7fm]

@@SpeegBJ Thanks for sharing. Be well.

[@bradleyherbert2170]

love this song.😊😊

[@stevelinwood8362]

The 70s had the Music! Rock,Disco,Pop,R&B.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@debbieweber8314]

If we could only go back… : )

[@robertsteffes5487]

Who is here because Paul Simon is just that damn good? 🙂

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

He is definitely that damn good!

[@Michael-no6jw]

But let's be honest.he's terrible live.he's a fantastic studio talent,but don't it outside Paul, please.

[@cynthianolder3557]

me!!!

[@r.l.sturgeonmoore7475]

Me!!!! ❤

[@Blimkat]

I'm hearing catching up on what I've been missing for 36 years. I'm addicted to this guy right now.

[@JamesBrown-nu8vk]

This is DEFINITELY 1 of the most UPLIFTING songs 🎵 ever in History ABSOLUTELY!

[@glenmaurizio630]

Greatest Summer song ever written!!! Loved it since the day it was released and still do just as much today!!!!!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Amen, and what awesome memories! I'd go back in a heartbeat!✌️

[@cynthiadavis3749]

❤

[@matthewcollinsmc]

Can we call it a tie with Good Vibrations? :)

[@acgogoacgogo8854]

Don't think kids today even know what Kodachrome was. It was one of the most innovative advances in color photography. Simon's lyric captures it beautifully. "Greens of summers, makes you think all the world's a sunny day" He's right. I have summer photo of me and my family that was taken on a rainy day. Colors are bright, lawn is bright green. Sky is a stunning blue/grey, my cousin's blue eyes and yellow bathing suit.

[@nmay2991]

Acgogo Acgogo I doubt many people who know of it, but if they do it’s from this

[@hashed206]

Except it’s being used here as a metaphor not as a tribute to the actual film :)

[@kelsareis7674]

"I don't think kids today... ". I'm a millennial and an old soul and I'm passing these relics along to my kid 😊 We are out there. 😍

[@johnchronic6725]

Ektochrome was crap

[@davejohn3600]

it's funny I studied photography in the 90's and Kodachrome was as dead as disco at that time. You can't even get it processed today. Heck, I don't even know if you can get Ektochrome at this point!

[@brucehuddleston9563]

Kodachrome 35 mm film really did make images look better than reality. The song is perfect in every way!

[@debraalexander7967]

The guest speaker at our graduation assembly in 1976 played a clip of this song: "When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school". The place just erupted with applause, shouting and whistles. It will forever live on my memory as one of the greatest speech intros ever!!! Makes me smile every time I hear the song.

[@jeff6949]

Faded and bumping this shit since yesterday in my 30s turn it up yall !!!!! Gods blessings to everyone of the 1 percent that read this !!!!

[@GeorgeAndexler]

Oh yes,this song does bring back memories

[@brennonhoward7835]

Paul Simon is a rather gifted writer and is more than sufficient when it comes to making a pleasing melody, perhaps one of the greatest musicians I've heard so far.

[@lenaryder6325]

Brennon Howard love the music great beat!

[@paulb111]

Please don't forget to mention what a great singer he is too.

[@TyVerte]

​@Daddy Daddio He's definitely up there with the top: just his solo career is maddening: Duncan, Still Crazy After All These Years (that bridge!), Graceland, Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard. Then what about with Simon and Garfuknel? Bridge Over Troubled Water, Sound of Silence, The Boxer, Mrs. Robinson, So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright, the list goes on and on. Maybe McCartney and Lennon may edge him but he's definitely right up there with the top of the top in my books! A master songwriter and lyricist!

[@dreugh424]

@Daddy Daddio You see, that's the wonder of opinions. Neither of you is wrong, neither of you is right.

[@stevekearney5340]

@@dreugh424 Anytime family & friends are talking about music Paul is the #1 name I throw out there as The GOAT.

[@gregduck7455]

Like other comments, yeah, this song is so summer of 1973. Takes me back to being a carefree 15 year old boy, heatwave, wearing nothing but my cut-off jean shorts & Northstar runners. Walking my dog Dixie & goofing off with my friends. My Dad doing BBQ on our house's sundeck. Going to the beach in my Uncle Brent's 1962 Chev Acadian convertible. Great song.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Those were the days for sure, how did the last 50 years fly by so damn fast!?😢

[@DannyShapiro2000]

Mas-ter-piece!!!

[@DianeKaple]

Ugh I love 💕 all his songs A lot of them I didn’t even know he sang?! Sorry Simon I’m 58 & I so remember this song!! And 50 ways to leave your lover

[@glenmaurizio630]

Greatest summertime song ever written!!!

[@nancymccormick1008]

Well I can bet that I'm a 64 year old woman and I grew up on this music and I love it so much. I'm glad you're you love it too

[@jonndepentu4421]

how true that first line is

[@MrMacadapable]

My whole house Rock's when I play thus song

[@huskiefilms7080]

I’m 19 and this is better than Alot of new music

[@patriciajackson3935]

I agree with you and I'm 60 😂

[@BenDudley-zw2hh]

My dad died last week, this was his favorite song

[@sdguy1234]

Im so sorry for your loss. Im just discovering how much i love this song.

[@michaellyngefrancker4116]

Aaww... RIP. ❤

[@paulinegarcia888]

It's a great song. May he rest in peace

[@SWaters-j4d]

Oh I'm so sorry,Please KNOW YOU WILL SEE YOUR DADDY AGAIN::::::::::::Trust Me::::::::::There is a GOD & A HEAVEN,KNOW go out into the World 🌎 and make it a better place,Make Your Daddy PRIOUD OF YOU--ITS OK TO TALK TO HIM,your not crazy,,HeHears Your sweet words,don't cry, we all must pick up the pieces and carry on (We all must help carry that Cross,and it's a heavy cross,but if we HELP each other carry that burdensome CROSS,It will be a lighter load.) God Bless,I lost my MaMa too, 2 years ago,I miss her so,my heart bleeds,,but I WILL SEE HER AGAIN:::: GUARANTEED!!!!!!!

[@williamdavis600]

God bless you Ben.

[@shiloazriel3267]

paul simon truly has some rhythm to his voice that none other have

[@SimonMas]

roger hawkins on drums is the hero of this song. i don't care what you say, but if you just zoom into his playing, he's the boss. collected, precise, never seems to sweat it out, it always has the song under control, it gradually increases the steam from 1:49 until the song goes in cut time for the ending, and i can really see him, calmly banging on his drum like he was drinking a glass of water. fantastic.

[@JonLindley]

Watch the documentary on Muscle Shoals recording studios. Simon recorded this song there and for the little repetitive beat they stuffed a thin white box a tape reel is stored in with paper and began playing it in bongo fashion to get the sound Simon and the producer wanted. It was one of the rhythm hooks of the song. What a hit that sounded sooo good on the radio !

[@SimonMas]

@@JonLindley is it on youtube?

[@JonLindley]

@@SimonMas Yes. Session Men the Muscle Shoals rhythm section. A 15 min clip.

[@JonLindley]

@@SimonMas runs 15.01 directed by Gil Baker

[@SimonMas]

@@JonLindley thanks, mate. i will definitely check it out! :)

[@duggie6717]

First heard this awesome Paul Simon song on the radio in the summer of 1973 while working a college summer job at Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester New York ... worked in a huge darkroom in Building 25 at Kodak Park making Kodachrome film with other college kids ... I probably made over half a million rolls of film over three summers ... this song was kind of our "work anthem"!

[@disphoto]

I worked in an intern program in the summer of 1973 at the Kodak Hawkeye Works building (Art Deco on the Genesee River). I was studying Electrical Engineering and learned that that Kodak was a silver haloid chemistry company so not a great career path (I ended up in semiconductors). Still, the song Kodachrome, which was playing everywhere on the radio that summer (almost 3 decades before the iPod and even about one decade ahead of the Walkman becoming popular), brings back memories of that summer in Rochester NY.

[@krypton1982]

This song randomly popped up in my head out of the blue. Needed to hear it.

[@sandrab601]

Me, too, just now!

[@ILLIFIED77]

My dad who just died made me listen to this all the time. I will miss him. Thank you Paul for keeping his memory alive ❤️

[@lillieauger1900]

My condolences.

[@ILLIFIED77]

@@lillieauger1900 thank you Lillie

[@nilsberger9524]

@@ILLIFIED77 Well memories, car washing on saturday evenings in western germany in the mid80s.

[@dzapp98]

Your Dad had great taste! God bless his soul!

[@felixarredondo7016]

Rembering is reliving..

[@Nosnakes365]

I’m black 62 year old an I love it. Paul Simon is an outstanding artist.❤️

[@bullbutter9699]

Nobody cares your black bro

[@ravenrose1972]

im 51 white and love it

[@culwin]

You gotta stop posting this on every classic song. Nobody cares if you are black, and Putin won't pay you more.

[@michaellyngefrancker4116]

You said it, man ❤

[@postmastersgt1670]

The "Coneheads" will forever bring me back here. I didnt understand the lyrics when I was young but as an adult you totally get it.

[@TrinaGallo]

I fell in love with this song from Coneheads too! But my (55 yr old) partner had to explain SOME of the lyrics! I totally forgot about buying film and putting it into the camera! 😂 For real!

[@FucTrump]

"Mama don't take my comb foam away"

[@petergarcia589]

Carrie said it best, "If Paul Simon wants to write a song about you. Let him!!!"

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Here I am again, Pauls music never ages, what a time it was to be young and innocent with our whole life ahead of us!❤

[@KristNi]

Its amazing these how much older songs are so sentimental to younger people and generations across different races. Its truly amazing how great these artists and songs are

[@dudemeisterSC]

You hit the nail on the head!

[@ssully8542]

Photography was about the only class that wasn't crap in high school. ENJOY your retirement Paul, THANKS for all the years of GREAT MUSIC!

[@camille9ful]

What're you talking about Sully? Paul Simon retired? Never! Just saw him perform in Charlotte in June this year. Still Total Perfection!

[@levibrewer8463]

Fly the kite

[@pnp522]

My favorite class in high school. We used mostly Tri-X not Kodachrome though. I must have shot 8-10 rolls of film a week

[@gamemeister27]

You must have had awful teachers.

[@bkisl7275]

@@gamemeister27 Great picture!

[@chriswarburtonbrown1566]

When I had just turned 18 I went to work on a farm in Scotland. I had a handful of tapes from a second hand store, and this album was one of them. I listened to it over and over again. 32 years later I can still smell the damp in my little caravan... so many powerful memories of the first steps into adult life.

[@davidmarine5159]

I remember hearing it in '83-84, being about 4 years old and being blown away, but having to ask my mom what , Kodachrome' was.. she showed me older family pictures in the format and it clicked! Awesome tune

[@ladyhonor822]

I will carry the song until the day I die. My daddy sung it to me since I got here. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇲 AMEN ☦️🙏😇❤️💋

[@ladyhonor822]

Just breathe In and out.❤

[@alfreddeflorio7938]

This song is very special to me. It was June 18th in 1990. I was on a bus headed to the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. I joined the Army and I was headed to Ft Dix NJ for basic training. The bus had a radio, and this song started playing. Now I've loved Simon and Garfunkel, so I knew this song well. The part of the song that really hit me, was the line "Mama don't take my Kodachrome and leave your boy so far from home "... I was a 17 year old kid who signed up for an awesome adventure, and I was on my own for the first time. Hard to believe it's been 33 years ago, but it's a sweet memory I'll never forget. I ended up retiring after 22 years of service. Looking back, Paul Simon helped me start the adventure of a lifetime

[@Pertusetian]

Outstanding!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Kodak

[@korengrace2274]

Awesome memory to have...thank you for your service!

[@bubbaray8670]

I heard this song on my cool grandma's Walkman in 1988. She's the reason I love these old songs. I was fascinated by that Walkman back then being able to listen to head phones and nobody else could hear it. I was 4 years old. Great memories,🤣

[@jaydemo5792]

Paul McCartney and Simon would have made a formidable song writing duo , huh ?

[@libelulaojo]

☀️Love listening to this song in the sun. Instant pick me up lifting spirits rise. Thank You Mr. Simon🧡

[@codzy3532]

great opening line......when i think back of all the crap i learnt in high school....no truer words paul

[@gregorygregorio6255]

I'm 15 and just got one of those green parkas with the fox fur around the hood for Christmas - loved it. I liked to jump over the 6' school cyclone fence, and ripped the entire front the first week. Oh well... Loved SLR cameras and photography and dreamed of the day when I could trade in my Kodak Retina IV Reflex for a Nikon F. The Retina IV was actually a better camera and had superior optics and could synchronize with a flash at 1/500 because it had a Synchro Compur shutter mechanism whereas the Nikon was slower at flash synchronization because it had titanium focal plane shutter. Without the flash, the Nikon shutter was faster. I would eventually get that Nikon F and enjoyed that hobby for years. I remember where I was when I heard that Kodachrome was being discontinued. I was working at Allied Aerospace after the Navy. Somewhere my 1 un-developed roll of photos I took for as yearbook photographer lies in a basement. I was a pretty good photographer, and would develop black and white (some public schools had a photography lab in those days). My art teacher and music teacher were secretly lesbians, and they trusted me enough to take a few photos of them (dressed not nude). I printed the photos out on a heavy weight pebble finished stock photographic paper with the music teacher right-side up and the art teacher upside down. They loved it, and if one of them were in a bad mood at home, the other would put her facing down. Loved the song, the age, the experiences. Thank you Paul! PS The first Nikon F I got was from my younger brother John. He was taking drafting and made an surprisingly GOOD black and white 3D drawing of that Nikon Photomic I dreamed about and would eventually own. Thanks John!

[@lisakoumrian5301]

I adopted my first cat from shelter and was driving him home and this was on the radio (top 40) He lived 20 years. RIP Carbon! 😼

[@fobbitoperator3620]

There's some polka influences in this magnificent tune!

[@jbucktheman]

This is the perfect song to play when it’s warm and sunny and you have all the windows down in your car. It just makes you feel so free.

[@clubhouseme]

welcome to the summer of 1973

[@Steve-yo4ld]

​@@clubhouseme Absolutely!✌️

[@foxworthhall726]

Summer of 1973. Just turned 10 years old. This song was blasting on all the radios at Nantasket Beach in Hull Mass. Good times!

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Thank you, Dr. Teeth, for exposing me to this masterpiece

[@glennsnider3697]

Great memories! Thank you Paul.

[@jperschino]

18 when this song was released. Still evokes the same feeling of euphoria and toe tapping as do most of Mr Simon's songs. Thanks for posting and Thankfully he shared his music with us all.

[@babeeblues]

I ain't the only one in whom this gem also resonates w/ some poignancy. Even the best of times, our fondest memories: we can never quite capture all they were. While, to me, we can never quite capture all we'd want even in the best times we've had. I dearly hope, recall these as intoxicating, resonating mightily. Yet, as it turns out w/ basic quantum mechanics, trying to capture, distill our most blissful moments bound to fall short; even impact for the worse in the very moments we oughta be as fully engaged in as we can.

[@squishmastah4682]

This song brings me joy even as it brings tears to my eyes.

[@angelalyons653]

This is the best feel good music 🎶

[@jfrtbikgkdhjbeep9974]

Diabolical Insolence my gahhd .. you are very beautiful 😍

[@squishmastah4682]

It brings me joy even as it brings tears to my eyes.

[@GM-vf7px]

The world was a Sunny Day!!!!!!This song captured all that and more!!!!Now I see why all the older people call them "The Good Old Days!!!!!!

[@betsybrown2375]

This song rings true for me high school was a waste of time for me

[@jsgold2000]

Remember hearing this song for the first time at the roller rink back in the 70s......

[@RoIIingStoned]

I had an extremely nostalgic, emotional dream last night and this song was playing out of nowhere; I hadn't heard it in years. I went crazy finding it, but I did!

[@RoIIingStoned]

I had no idea it was by Paul Simon! 22yrs

[@squishmastah4682]

That's what this song does. Interesting how its theme so closely matches its actual impact.

[@BlakeNix]

You went crazy? After all these years? :-)

[@michaelbruns449]

Wow...

[@kpete9219]

I love the pounding piano at the end.

[@BrokebutCreative]

Protect this man at all cost. Petition to make Paul Simon an American treasure.

[@whalelord514]

Thanks cone heads! I would have never heard this song if it wasn't in that movie. Now i just love it!

[@toddsands6000]

One of the greatest written songs and melodies ever produced on a recording - period!

[@stephenwahl8740]

every boy should given this song on his first day in high school....truly words to live by

[@calcium.8454]

17 years old and I dance and just light up so much when I listen to this song. I knew it from my dad and Coneheads haha so I grew up listening to it but it's truly a soul toucher. Just makes me feel so good

[@jakematic]

Reminds me of hearing this on AM as we pulled up to Arthur Treachers in the jalopy. As a pro, and old man, this song is special

[@jaydemo5792]

WELL SAID !

[@brentmoss3134]

My mother and I listened to this song often when I was growing up. She worked at Kodak making Kodachrome film. I love her and miss her very much.

[@tamd8802]

I hear this song and I'm a kid of 12 again, riding my bicycle in the summer without a care or worry in the world. What I wouldnt give to go back to those days. Another great Muscle Shoals AL hit. I never realized growing up that just across the river hit songs were being made left and right. The drummer for this song and many others from Muscle Shoals passed away last week. RIP Roger Hawkins. You left a legacy of amazing performances. Rock on. ❤🎵🥁

[@amberpalmer892]

I am 14 and I love this type of music it really brings out the day of a sunny day

[@mjmisp]

Love it! Don"t tell my Motorhead buddies you seen me here!

[@theodoreradford2566]

I can't compete with Ralph Bishop, but my mother told me around 1976 that Paul Simon was the greatest American songwriter ever.

[@PatrickCrossfire.]

One of my favorite American songs. And I'm American.

[@frankgiancola7]

Most of us forgot about this amazing song by Paul Simon

[@bobabooey7088]

Never

[@kangaroo1616]

Great take!

[@Inspiringsuccess2]

Never will forget the very first time I heard this song. That next summer I got my first camera: a Kodak Instamatic and I fell in love with film. This song is the songtrack of my youth!

[@nigelbontoft537]

My school was Highbury grove in Islington London,thay did all thay could stop me thinking for myself.

[@SassaFrass28]

In high school when this came out - we were blessed kids so much music was addressed to our generation - hope today kids can look back & say the same.

[@gunnerysgthartman9263]

Please say y'all realize this song isn't about film/ cameras. It's a metaphor about memories of your youth. When you think back, you tend to embellish things and remember all the great, wonderful, bright, and colorful times (like Kodachrome film). However, today seems black and white. He cherishes and wants to keep those memories. It's genius songwriting.

[@mattyiannielli2067]

Gunnery Sgt Hartman What is this Mickey Mouse shit?

[@alexschalk5439]

Absolutely correct.

[@LukeBeadles]

Paul Simon is one of my favorite lyricists. Right up there with Peart (RIP)

[@gtomlucero]

I think u r right!!

[@ZaveAres]

Yes